The Kings Head Public House was subject to a Ghost Connections investigation
at the invitation of Simon, the landlord, in February of 2007. Based upon
our experiences on our previous visit we decided a return visit beckoned
and we were kindly allowed back.

The known history of the building is described in our previous report
and can be read online by clicking on the link previous
report.

Inside the building consists of a front public bar and rear restaurant
areas divided by an open bar facing both rooms on the ground floor along
with stair access to the private rooms above the main building and another
to the function room which is above the ground floor kitchen in the
annex.

Aim:

To investigate reports of paranormal activity at The Kings Head public
house.

Background:

There are very few reports available in any sources known to the Ghost
Connections Team. However it has been stated by staff that the kitchen
fryers were prone to switching themselves on after having been turned
off at the mains and that glasses have been reported to have fallen
by themselves from shelves around the bars. The second of these reports
only came to the teams attention on the night of the investigation so
no plans were made to investigate this report. Simon, the landlord,
had invited the team out of interest and not through any substantiated
reports. In the light of these reports the team decided to investigate
for themselves if the Kings Head is subject to any of the alleged phenomena.

On this occasion our guest, and employee/lodger Emma would tell us
an account of how she had placed a candle on the pool table in the function
room and returned to find it on the floor.

Would any of this alleged poltergeist activity reveal evidence of
itself to the team on this visit?

Using visual and scientific methods combined with spiritual information
investigate the background to alleged paranormal phenomena at this venue.

Investigation:

Due to the opening times of the public house this was a late night
start and the team had previously visited an outdoor location and arrived
at The Kings Head ready for a second investigation. After introducing
ourselves to Emma we discussed a plan for the evening and ensured our
guests were happy with the various methods we would employ. During this
discussion Emma would express some feelings she held about going to
the cellar when in the course of her work. Ghost Connections does not
generally investigate public house cellars for reasons of evidential
integrity and damage to stock that may occur if all equipment were turned
off to establish integrity of anything presented by the team.

Temperature readings were taken as we set up our equipment in the
front bar area. It was 21.1deg Celsius. No fire was burning on this
occasion and although kindly offered we declined for it to be lit to
avoid undue noise and light sightings.

All doors were locked and secured and motion sensors were placed inside
of the main door from the street.

By virtue of the previous investigation it was decided that the investigation
would commence with a quiet vigil in the function room. As on the previous
occasion we sat ourselves around the hall at regular intervals. This
way we hoped to gain a reasonable perception of the location of any
noises heard. This would also serve to ensure that no persons were able
to whisper to the person next to them and all audio would be heard clearly.
The temperature here was recorded at 21.8deg C.

As noted in the previous report the passing traffic could be heard
distinctly and the lights from it formed obvious patterns against the
curtains which we drew to keep as much light out as possible. There
was a red IR alarm light above the door which would pick up upon Paddy's
movement although we could not see any exaggerated movements with the
naked eye in the darkness.

Some time was spent listening to the natural sounds both inside and
out and becoming accustomed to the lack of light. After some time Dave
called for any persons to make themselves known. Kim notes a nervous
feeling in her stomach.

Emma (sitting two seats from Paddy) states that she feels colder.
Half an hour had elapsed and the temperature generally in the room was
now 21.06deg C.

All of us would hear a series of noises. Paddy notes one as sounding
like a small animal running. Others hear a dull thud in the area where
Paddy is seated. Another is heard further towards the centre of the
room near the pool table (a distance of about 6-8 feet from the first).

During this experience a noted drain of energy was drifting through
the team. Both Kim and Dave would feel this.

A plea is made for the noise to be repeated and nothing is forthcoming
although Paddy comments that he sees movement out of the corner of his
eye. This is not limited to one location. Emma agrees with this. Temperature
remains at 21.06deg C.

Another 'thud' is heard nearer to Dave than the last. The noise is
of the same volume and tone on each occasion and it is noted that it
occurs at regular 5 minute intervals. After 1 minute there is another
similar noise. There is no further noise for 17 minutes when another
occurs near Dave.

In the intervening 17 minutes Kim feels colder and nauseous. Dave
sees a small green light travel diagonally bottom right to top left
against the wall paneling to the right of the fireplace near to Paddy.
Paddy notes a tap from the area of the fireplace whilst noting the appearance
of shadows of persons.

The temperature was noted to have risen again to 21.6deg C. Paddy
would note the sense of a large man behind the bar, which was immediately
behind him.

Paddy would then describe the feeling of a presence to Dave's left
and a few 'Corner of Eye' movements. Clairvoyant information was forthcoming
at this time.

A slight tap was heard by all again but the team were unable to come
to a conclusion as to where this was.

Paddy notes the presence of more shadows. The temperature was now
21.4deg C.

A photograph of the area where Paddy and Emma were sat is produced
below.

The team then took a break and discussed their findings. Simon retired
to bed and Emma wished to remain with the team for the rest of their
investigation. During this break the temperature in the bar was noted
to be 23.7deg C.

It was decided that the next area to investigate would be the rear
bar / restaurant area. The team with Emma sat around a table in this
area to conduct a vigil by way of séance. Emma would observe
from a seat at the same table. Three video cameras and a voice recorder
would be used to record the proceedings. The fourth camera was set up
to record a set of bar skittles which were set up as a possible trigger
object / focus for poltergeist activity. The other voice recorder was
left to record in the front bar.

The temperature in the restaurant was 22.3deg C. The team joined hands
observed by Emma and the séance began.

All of the team (except Kim who has her back in this direction) would
note shadows moving around towards the window nearest the sofa and ladies
toilet.

Paddy would comment that he saw hands entering the circle created
by the séance. This reminds Dave of old accounts of seances during
the 1920's where 'materialisation' of hands are alleged. It was decided
to focus the energy on this aspect in an effort to see if this could
be replicated.

A number of noises would also be heard from the area of the bar.

Kim has an urge to stand during this séance. She notes feelings
of irritability and her legs begin to shake. Kim also reported a feeling
of being pushed in the back at one point.

Emma comments that on two occasions she heard murmering like a group
of people talking in the distance and this is supported by Paddy.

After a break a final séance would take place in the front
bar area. By now it was late and some of the team were tiring. Emma
remained with us and joined in this time. Nothing was noted although
the temperature was now 21.07deg C.

Results

From the function room we established that one bang was in fact Paddy
shifting in his chair although all other noises remain unexplained. A
source was impossible to locate due to the random locations of the noises.
It has been agreed by the team that the noise was the same on all unexplained
occasions. It was, at first, believed that the noise may be repetitive
and natural due to the regular time period between them. This changed
immediately that this was commented on by Kim.

All passing traffic created the same light illuminations within the
room and was also accompanied by the sound of the moving vehicles. The
light seen by Dave was not of this type. The only other light source
in the room was the red I/R light on the alarm system as previously
mentioned. The occurrence of a green light appearing to move in a diagonally
rising path remains unexplained.

There was a proliferation of sightings of shadows by both Paddy and
Emma. There were no other persons within the room and nothing outside
that would create a shadow of the type seen. No source for the creation
of these was established.

A sense of persons moving about was a common theme. Could the senses
of movement in the area of Dave when he was receiving information from
a spirit sensed by him to be next to him be coincidental? Neither Paddy
nor Dave communicated what they were seeing or engaging in at the time
although each was recorded. Did Paddy somehow sense the communication
that Dave was having?

Sensations of being cold are not uncommon when sat in one place trying
not to move for long periods. What is of interest here is that there
were temperature fluctuations recorded at the same time.

Photographs of light sources are often easy to explain away. 'Orbs'
are commonly found by camera flash function to be insects or dust /
moisture. The photograph of where Paddy and Emma were sat shows a light
anomaly between Dave's camera and the chair on which Emma was sat. Unusually
it appears either to be in motion or a 'twin' and of a lilac hue. It
cannot be relied upon as evidence yet it is coincidentally interesting.

Sensations of energy loss are common with long periods of inactivity
after periods of remaining awake for long periods of time. The majority
of the team were experiencing this yet this was our first location of
the night and so we should all have been alert. Does the sensation of
energy loss and tiredness explain the other observations. We believe
not as most of these were recorded by Paddy, who even by the end of
investigation was the most awake of all of us.

The séance in the rear restaurant produced sensations and noises-

The voices heard by Emma and Paddy did not feature on any recordings
made and cannot be substantiated although it is known that no one else
was in the area at the time. It is of interest that the team see shadows
moving at a similar time and there are also noises from behind the bar.
The connection between the observations is interesting and unexplainable
as the three phenomena are unlikely to be caused by the same natural
source.

The shadows in the area of the window were explored and could not
have been caused by someone else on the outside of the window due to
it being well above the level of the street. This should be compared
with the location of the noises in the previous report.

The noise from the bar area could not be located. It was not a noise
that had been occurring with regularity and although not occurring upon
request immediately did recur later. Repetition of this noise in a short
period yet not occurring at all within the rest of the one and a half
hours we were in this area is worthy of note.

During our stay a certain amount of information was forthcoming to the
team of a clairvoyant nature. As Ghost Connections conducts scientifically
based investigations we do not publish such observations, however, this
information is held on a separate database and may prove interesting
when compared to other peoples experiences. Should you wish to discuss
this information please email us enquiries@ghostconnections.com

Camcorder footage, still photographs and voice recorders were later
examined and nothing of note was found.

Conclusions

Again we have come away from the Kings head with more questions than
we found answers for.

The timing of some of the phenomena with others was noted however
we are unable to find a reasoning for this.

We feel that certainly there are events occurring here that we cannot
find answers for. The extent of sightings and information given clairvoyantly
continues to interest us.

For a building that had little to offer in the way of reported paranormal
activity there were unexplained events during our investigation and
another interesting night was had.

After some thought into our findings here and deeper discussion of
theories a return may establish some further evidence

Thanks

Ghost Connections would like to thank Simon for the second invitation
to investigate The Kings Head and also extend our thanks to Emma and
Simon for keeping us company for the night and contributing to the investigation.